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Unexplained encounters in England, United Kingdom

18 famous cases from England, United Kingdom: 3 sky, 6 visitors, 3 creatures, 5 voices & sounds, 1 places. Famous cases set out what was reported and the explanations offered, without taking a side.

Famous cases

Rendlesham ForestDisputedSuffolk, England · 26–28 December 1980The Devil's FootprintsUnexplainedExe estuary, Devon, England · 8–9 February 1855The Beast of Bodmin MoorDisputedBodmin Moor, Cornwall, England · Reported since the 1980sThe Vrillon BroadcastHoax, never tracedHannington transmitter, Hampshire, England · 26 November 1977The Ilkley Moor PhotographDisputedIlkley Moor, West Yorkshire, England · 1 December 1987The Crop Circles of WiltshireExplainedWiltshire, England · 1970s onwardsThe Aveley EncounterDisputedAveley, Essex, England · 27 October 1974The Todmorden EncounterDisputedTodmorden, West Yorkshire, England · 28 November 1980The Cottingley FairiesHoaxCottingley, West Yorkshire, England · 1917 – 1920The Green Children of WoolpitLegendWoolpit, Suffolk, England · 12th centuryThe Sound of StonehengePartly explainedStonehenge, Wiltshire, England · Built about 5,000 to 4,000 years ago; studied in 2020The Knockers of the Cornish MinesLegendTin mines near St Just, Cornwall, England · Told for centuriesThe Wold Cottage MeteoriteConfirmedWold Newton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England · 13 December 1795The Bristol HumUnexplainedBristol, England · Reported from the 1970sThe Screams in the DarkExplainedLondon and across Britain · Heard every winterThe Lakenheath-Bentwaters Radar CaseUnexplainedRAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, England · 13–14 August 1956The Cosford IncidentMostly explainedRAF Cosford, Shropshire, England · 30–31 March 1993The Owlman of MawnanDisputedMawnan, Cornwall, England · April 1976